Lee County GaArchives History....Lee County Post Offices & Postmasters ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Boswell Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 January 17, 2005 This index was abstracted directly from the Lee County Historical Society's book HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY GEORGIA. with permission of the Lee County Historical Society...April 2001 The names and dates that are listed are as they appear in this book which was printed in 1983. Post Offices & Postmasters A total of 34 post offices are listed in Lee County on microfilmed post office records. Below are the post offices listed with postmasters and the dates the postmasters were first appointed. ADAMS, formerly Enterprise Charles W. Scarborough 2-15-1897 Viola T. Scarborough 1-10-1917 Mail dispatched to Leesburg 11-14-1925 ARMINA, formerly Palmyra John F. Cocke 5-22-1891 Joseph B. Williams 2-5-1892 Mail dispatched to Sumner 10-22-1892 BELOIT George W. McDonald 10-20-1892 George A. McDonald 12-14-1894 William W. McDonald 6-13-1900 Mail dispatched to Albany 12-5-1903 BLACK SMITH Elijah F. Lewis 1-25-1856 Discontinued 12-30-1857 BURKE John W. Burke 3-3-1886 Mail dispatched to Ferguson 5-4-1899 CENTURY Lorenzo D. Hays 3-25-1893 Mail dispatched to Leesburg 1-17-1895 CHENUBA William I. Parker 4-13-1836 Abraham Sasser and Haley Johnson 7-26-1852 Later in Terrell County CHICKASAWATCHIE Harrison Shemhill 7-23-1847 Henry D. Miller 2-24-1853 William Hunter 8-5-1856 Discontinued 10-17-1860 Reestablished 11-13-1860 John M.P. Gullett 11-13-1860 Pierce L. Wilburn 12-4-1860 Discontinued 6-22-1866 CHOKEE, formerly Sumterville William T. Sadler 5-5-1882 E. Smith 11-16-1882 Thomas J. Green 1-16-1883 Arthur H. Simmons 1-21-1884 Daniel E. Green 8-4-1887 J. Crawford Maxwell 4-18-1893 Selathiel A. Smith 11-30-1894 Louise B. Simmons 5-4-1897 Mail dispatched to DeSoto 10-17-1905 EARL Frank M. Mims 2-29-1888 Mail dispatched to Albany 2-5-1889 ENTERPRISE John Dobbins 7-27-1870 Andrew B. Piver 2-14-1882 P. Jones 11-22-1883 C.W. Scarborough 11-27-1883 Thomas J.J. Patillo 1-7-1884 Samuel P. Jones 1-29-1887 Charles W. Scarborough 11-23-1887 Changed to Adams 2-15-1897 FERGUSON Edward S. Ferguson 1-23-1888 Sarah Ferguson 8-31-1892 Mail dispatched to Chokee 12-24-1902 FLAT POND William B. Richardson 7-30-1852 Michael Carmichael 7-11-1857 William S. Johnson 3-12-1858 James H. Johnson 7-17-1866 Discontinued 9-27-1866 Reestablished 6-29-1869 John Walden 6-29-1869 Discontinued 1-17-1870 GOFF'S STORE Frederick Andrew 12-27-1837 John Turner 2-12-1839 William S. Tillman 6-13-1840 Changed to Sumterville LEE COURTHOUSE Mordecai Alexander 3-1-1833 LEESBURG, formerly Leesburgh Mrs. Emmie W. Edwards 4-15-1893 Eula P. Duncan 7-21-1894 Dorcus C. Pettis 5-13-1901 Mary N. Salter 5-21-1904 Samuel J. Powell 8-12-1907 LEESBURGH, formerly Wooten Henry Rosenstein 6-17-1873 Mrs. M.E. Kelley 6-23-1874 Henry Rosenstein 1-21-1875 Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan 3-25-1878 Discontinued 12-30-1878 Reestablished 12-31-1878 Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan 12-31-1878 Fannie Wyche 10-20-1885 Fannie W. Porter 1-21-1888 Emmie F. Ware 5-5-1888 Elizabeth Morgan 3-27-1889 Changed to Leesburg 4-13-1893 OCEOLA George C. Ticknor 5-17-1844 Discontinued 8-23-1845 PALMYRA John L. Martin 5-21-1839 Burchell Roberts 2-26-1841 Julius C. Gilbert 8-27-1841 James F. Aldridge 6-27-1842 William L. Wallace 1-17-1843 James F. Aldridge 11-4-1843 Zao N. Jackson 5-10-1844 Joseph White 7-6-1844 Jesse H. Watson 4-8-1849 Leonidas D. Mercer 2-3-1851 Thomas C. Tullyaw 12-28-1852 J.H. Watson 7-21-1853 Discontinued 10-8-1857 John F. Cocke 7-25-1890 Changed to Armina 5-22-1891 PHILEMA William B. Bothwell 6-30-1892 Lucious W. Mims 1-24-1894 Kate Stephens 4-18-1904 Walter C. Manning 2-17-1906 Joseph S. Avery 1-21-1907 Tillman D. West 1-24-1908 Mail dispatched to Oakfield 3-6-1908 PINDERTOWN John B. Coleman M.G. Lifay 8-19-1833 Simeon L. Holliday 3-18-1837 William Ross 3-3-1838 Andrew J. Tison 1-13-1840 Jackson Williams 10-14-1840 Andrew J. Tison 7-9-1841 Jackson J. Williams 4-23-1842 John A. Graham 1842 Moved to Dooly County PLEASANT LEVEL Stephen R. Weston 7-30-1852 Jesse M. Davis 4-19-1856 To Terrell County QUINSEE Virgil A. Clegg 1-23-1888 Mail dispatched to Albany 6-1-1889 RENWICK Willis F. Avery 4-30-1857 J.J.Oquin 5-24-1858 Dan C. Smith 7-2-1858 John W. Jordan Jr. 2-12-1861 Discontinued 4-25-1861 Reestablished 10-25-1865 F.H. Cheeves 10-28-1865 Mrs. L. Beverage 3-13-1866 George T. Ellison 4-4-1866 Milton A. Smith 8-1-1867 James Cheeves 1-29-1868 Joel F. Johnson 12-1-1868 Benjamin F. Salter 5-18-1869 Changed to Smithville 9-12-1871 RIFT Frank D. Bearce 5-23-1896 Arabella B. Jones 11-20-1900 Mail dispatched to Smithville 8-23-1907 ROSINDALE Arminta J. McConnell 6-19-1895 Mail dispatched to Chokee 11-30-1895 SLADE William Slade 7-19-1848 Gilbert M. Stokes 1-24-1851 John F. Lewis 7-15-1851 Daniel B. Sullivan 4-15-1854 Discontinued 3-31-1856 SMITHVILLE, formerly Renwick Benjamin F. Salter 9-12-1871 Jackson W. Butts 6-9-1873 Benjamin F. Salter 4-9-1875 Mrs. Varilla B. Jossey 6-17-1884 Mrs. Mary A. Hale 4-15-1897 SNEED Henry P. Wooten 9-1-1857 Discontinued 12-31-1858 Reestablished 2-3-1859 Alfred T. Reid 2-3-1859 Goode Bryan 4-23-1859 Mrs. A. Callaway 1-23-1866 W.P. Pierce 4-19-1867 Changed to Wooten 6-8-1868 STARKVILLE George W. Huckaby 5-5-1834 William Smith 5-30-1835 John G. Smylie 5-9-1837 James F. Smith 9-16-1837 Abraham Tyson 3-6-1838 William G. Macon 2-6-1844 Joshua Clark 12-31-1845 Elijah H. Harris 9-11-1849 Phillip P. Monroe 1-27-1853 William M. Pettey 1-17-1855 John A. Bishop 12-24-1853 Gilbert M. Stokes 4-15-1856 John A. Dennard 2-2-1857 William G. Heald 12-21-1857 Gilbert M. Stokes 12-6-1865 Nancy Heald 7-31-1866 Samuel Lindsey 2-4-1873 Mrs. Nancy Heald 1-9-1874 Mrs. Amelia Gilmore 4-26-1875 Mrs. Nancy Heald 7-15-1875 Discontinued 3-23-1881 SUMPTERVILLE Abraham Lord 3-26-1833 SUMTERVILLE, formerly Goff's Store Daniel Tillman 8-23-1841 Addison E. Harris 7-23-1843 Gilbert M. Stokes 4-7-1852 M.N.B. Outlaw 2-23-1856 William C. Pattillo 2-5-1857 John M. Greene 12-21-1858 James L. Taggart 4-9-1859 Peter Brenan 11-22-1859 Discontinued 11-21-1860 Reestablished 5-15-1872 Wade H. Mims 5-15-1872 Julia E. Mimms 7-24-1872 N.C. McAlpin 5-4-1874 Discontinued 5-5-1875 Nathaniel Harris 10-6-1879 William T. Sadler 5-17-1880 Changed to Chokee 5-15-1882 WHIT SETT Samuel M. Jones 4-21-1887 David C. Jones 11-11-1889 John Q. Holley 5-26-1897 Dispatched to Smithville 12-2-1898 WOOTEN Mrs. Mary A. Scarborough 6-8-1868 Henry Rosenstein 7-30-1872 Changed to Leesburgh 6-17-1873